The Canadian Twittersphere buzzed Mar. 27 when Shania Twain, in her Canadian Music Hall of Fame induction speech said, “I love our lakes, I love our bush and most of all I love our people.”
Learn about Vancouver-based artists Natalie Purschwitz and Kelly Lycan and their art installation, i can see your underwear, at Centre A gallery. The artists examine the relationship between material culture and mythology, turning plastic into art. Produced by Shannon Dooling and Farida Hussain.
By Chantelle Bellrichard and Chelsea Blazer
Produced by Tyler Harbottle and Jamie Williams
Kesar Singh Bhatti has something more than his administrative tasks at Khalsa Diwan Society of Vancouver to ponder these days. Bhatti, 80, volunteers three or four days a week at the Sikh temple on Ross Street. Most of the time, he’s busy with work related to two projects: construction of a monument and of a [...]
Related: Monument to commemorate 1914 immigration snub On May 23, 1914, the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver with 376 Indian immigrants, mostly Sikhs from Punjab, and all British subjects. The ship began its journey from Hong Kong and carried passengers from Hong Kong, China and Japan. But Canadian authorities denied entry to the [...]
A Vancouver-based dance class for refugee children is offering daycare and connection for families recently arrived in the country. The program, offered by Arts Umbrella and Immigrant Services Society of B.C., is one of Canada’s only arts services for refugee children in their first few weeks of transition. “I had some misgivings about what the [...]
Hana Galal is on a mission. The 22-year-old university student raised more than $1,200 for charity in one night. She grew up guided by the Islamic pillar of charity and has spent her life donating from her allowance. That is a challenge on her student budget at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She [...]
Flickering movies played on film are dying in the age of the digital picture. And some theatres aren’t sure that’s a good thing. “You’re not going to be able to replicate film, no matter what,” said Chris Unwin, a projectionist at Kitsilano’s Hollywood Theatre. The cinema is the oldest independent, family-run theatre in Canada and [...]
A spark lit on Facebook has helped bring the Parade of Lost Souls in Vancouver back from the dead. Organizers cancelled the popular event last year due to funding cuts. But community members came together by social networking to plan an unofficial gathering in Grandview Park in the east of the city. The renegade Parade [...]
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